How Are the Themes Coming of Age and Immigrant Experience...

Chen Ruan Prof. Wright ENG 201 141 March 4, 2009 How Are the Themes Coming of Age and Immigrant Experience Presented in â€Å"Fiesta, 1980† and â€Å"Rules of the Game†? Chen Ruan Prof. Wright ENG 201 141 March 4, 2009 In Fiesta, 1980 by Junot Diaz, the story begins with a Dominican immigrant family celebrating at a party and waiting for the father of the narrator. He seldom undertakes his parental responsibilities and the responsibility of marriage. In contrast, this fathers adultery affects the mother of the narrator throughout the entire story. This story is told from the perspective of an adolescent boy, Yunior. As the story progresses, he and his brother have witnessed the sexual irresponsibility of†¦show more content†¦Its completely--its a new world, its kind of a new experience† (Dà ­az http: //go.galegroup.com). The American culture has influenced immigrants to be more Ruan 3 unprejudiced and accepting of the surrounding environment in America, and it has succeeded admirably as Yunior and his brother did. In Rules of the Game by Amy Tan, when Waverly is a little kid her mother cultivates her with the Chinese philosophy, â€Å"the art of invisible strength.† Waverly wins many national chess championship tournaments in America. While she has experienced great success in the chess games, she has also excelled in American culture. Later on, Waverly experiences shame and humiliation in family situations when her mother publicly embarrasses her for her own boastful pride. Waverly leaves from the market without explanation. Upon her arrival at home, her mother Instead of simply punishing Waverly, angrily announces that she will stop worrying so much about Waverly. The major theme of this short story is coming of age. The evidence is because Waverly is struggling with her cultural identity during her coming of age as a Chinese American in a Chinese immigrant family. â€Å"I asked her, ma, what is Chinese torture? My mother shook her head. Who say this word? She asked without a trace of knowing how wicked I was being. I shrugged my shoulders and said, someShow MoreRelatedMarketing Management130471 Words   |  522 Pagesto customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. Hence it can be surmised that marketing is basically meeting unmet needs for target markets, identifying those unmet needs and planning how to meet them through products, services, and ideas. Communicating the value to them along with pricing which is affordable and profitable and also distributing the products so that customers have appropriate accessibility and have quick and easy delivery